Shepard Fairey will sell his newest art print (originally released in his Americana box set) later this week. “Get A Job” is an 18″ x 24″ screenprint, has an edition of 450, and will cost $55. It goes up Thursday, October 11th at a random time. Visit ObeyGiant.com.

Honestly, this poster has plenty wrong with it. Look at the ugly flower renderings and lazy mirroring. Shep isn’t the most talented artist, but at this skill level this couldn’t have taken more than 10 minutes to create.

There’s no shortage of lousy art in the world, and I don’t begrudge him his fame. But Shepard Fairey is a known and unrepentant art thief. For that reason alone his trite shit should be stamped deep into the ground.

Funny, you don’t see anywhere near the vitriol aimed at Mr. Brainwash with his drops, a guy who self-defines unrepentant art thief. His last drop was a shot of a download time lapse bar straight from a CPU screen AND he charges exponentially more than Shep per print. Just sayin’…

Art shouldn’t necessarily be about time invested or method. However you may not have noted that Shepard was approached by Neil Young to make a 12 piece set to accompany each song from his recent album of reinterpreted american folk classics, of which this is one. I would consider that a challenging task for any artist and I personally think he did a great job, as would I assume does Neil Young (who Shep was probably most worried about impressing).

The only reason I can think of for anyone to want to stamp out a specific artist’s work, especially with such hate, is because they fear what what that artist has to say.

Art is an expression to which we are each entitled to. If you don’t like it, don’t buy it, comment respectfully if you feel the need, and go support an artist you do like. There’s plenty of options out there for everyone.
…and go get yourself a hug!